Monthly Archives: July 2018

DETROIT (AP) — Jim Brandstatter is out after 31 years as a radio broadcaster at Detroit Lions games. Brandstatter says he got the news Tuesday from radio station WJR, which carries the Lions. General manager Tom O’Brien says Brandstatter was “excellent,” but the station decided to hire a former Lion, Lomas Brown. Brown will work with play-by-play man Dan Miller. ...

(CBS Local)– Pay Your Age Day didn’t go as expected for Build-A-Bear-Workshop. Massive lines all around the country have forced the retail company to close off lines. The company released the following statement on its website. “Per local authorities, we cannot accept additional Guests at our locations due to crowds and safety concerns. We have closed lines in our U.S. ...

It won’t travel well. (Deposit photo)
Marijuana becomes fully legal in Canada in October. And if you believe polling, Michigan may soon follow. Two countries of one mind, with a few minor issues to work out at the bridge and the tunnel? Think again.
The Washington Post looks at complications legal weed poses at international borders, particularly those ...

DETROIT (AP) – Darryl Rogers, who coached Michigan State to a share of the Big Ten title in 1978 and later took the helm for the Detroit Lions, has died. He was 83. The Lions said Rogers’ family confirmed his death Wednesday. Rogers coached Michigan State from 1976-79, going 24-18-2. The 1978 team, which included star flanker Kirk Gibson, won ...

We enjoy games, especially wordplay. Toss in visiting journalists as a target for fun-poking and we’re all in.
So Kate Abbey-Lambertz of Detour Detroit, a scrappy newsletter off to an entertaining start since spring, hooks us with an inspired diversion labeled “Train Station Mad Libs, Sorta.”
“Decay” is preferred by seven out of 10 journalists, Detour ...

Ryan Mayer It’s workout video season. Our social media feeds are inundated on a daily basis with them as athletes get ready for their upcoming seasons. The latest one featuring Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley and New York Giants rookie running back Saquon Barkley may be the most impressive yet. The pair of running backs can be seen ...

MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) – NASA has teamed up with a Michigan university and installed equipment on a Lake Superior island to measure Earth’s radiation. Northern Michigan University says NASA’s Clouds and the Earth Radiant Energy System experiment launched last month on Granite Island. That’s a dozen miles northwest of Marquette, where the school is based. The university says NASA picked ...

A suspected road rage shooting wounded a man and temporarily shut a section of westbound I-94 at the Lodge, the Michigan State Police tweet:
Shooting Update: W/B I-94 is being shut down at M-10 and traffic is being diverted to North and South M-10. Initial reports put the shooting occurring between Trumbull ...

By Matt Citak With just under three weeks until MLB’s July 31 non-waiver trade deadline, the league has yet to see any major deals go down this season. While many guys, both pitchers and position players, remain available on the trade market, teams around the league seem to be waiting for the big shoe to drop before pursuing other, smaller ...